The Cornish Historicals
The Cornish Trilogy is set in the mid seventeenth century and follow the fortunes of Margaret Hollar and her daughter Perdita and the Sutton family. They were inspired by the people and landscape of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall. Of all my books, I would say that these three are the ones that have my heart.
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All three books are published by Hodder hardback and Coronet paperback.
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At sixteen, Margaret's childhood is over when she is persuaded to leave the secure world of her family's farm to marry a stranger with his own secrets.
Alienated by her husband's coldness, Margaret finds herself turning to
the wealthy Richard Treveryan. A cynical and bitter man, loathed by her
family and friends, Margaret discovers in him an unexpected tenderness
and in herself a passion she'd never thought possible. But the bloodshed
of the Civil War threatens all Margaret holds dear, forcing her to choose
between her beloved son and the only happiness she has ever known.
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The Puritan's Wife
(Coronet, ISBN 0-340-65367-1)
To her neighbours in the small Cotswold town of Tilsbury she is a respectable wife and mother; to her husband Josiah she will always be his 'Doll', the child-bride he brought home from the German wars; to the painter of the family's portrait she is an enigma, remote and unknowable, a mystery perhaps even to herself
When Royalist soldiers arrive to garrison Tilsbury the tranquil rhythm of country life is shattered. Mistress Doll Taverner is more affected than anyone by the impact of the Civil War, which revives all the half-forgotten nightmares of childhood tragedy. Then a Cornish officer, Captain Stephen Sutton, begins to pose a threat of a subtler kind; as affection grows between them, she is compelled to question all the certainties by which she has lived her life.
The Lost Daughter
(Coronet, ISBN 0-340-65370-1)
Cornwall in 1661: the savage wounds of the Civil War are beginning to heal. But peace brings its sown problems for two families: for the Suttons of Rossmere, who face financial catastrophe and for the Menheires at Trecarne who strive to make the transition from merchants to gentlemen of the county.
Into this troubled picture comes seventeen-year-old Perdita Treveryan,
who has her own overwhelming dilemmas. What can she learn from the life
of the mother she never knew, the woman who gave her the name of Perdita,
the lost one? Why does the enigmatic musician she meets on her journey
west know so much about her life, and what is the reason for his strange
hold over her? How can she bury the stigma of her scandalous origins and
find the security she craves while still remaining true to her passionate
and adventurous nature?
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